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April 15, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Apr 15, 2014 at 6:06 am
Max View in Birmingham, England
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Birmingham, England
Began: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:53 am
Maximum: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:06 am -0.818 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:10 am
Duration: 17 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

April 15, 2014 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Birmingham

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Birmingham. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (BST) for Birmingham.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:53 am Tue, Apr 15
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 250°
1.9°
6:06 am Tue, Apr 15
Maximum in Birmingham This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Birmingham. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Birmingham because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to West-southwest for the best view of the eclipse.		Map direction West-southwest 253°
0.2°
6:10 am Tue, Apr 15SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 253°
-0.2°
6:58 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 262°
-7.8°
8:06 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 275°
-18.0°
8:45 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 283°
-23.7°
9:24 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 291°
-29.2°
10:33 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 308°
-38.0°
11:37 am Tue, Apr 15Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 326°
-44.5°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Birmingham, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Apr 15)

In the past, this day was cloudy 76% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Birmingham

Eclipse Visibility From BirminghamVisibility Worldwide
Dec 21, 2010 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 2011 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 15–16, 2011 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 10, 2011 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 6, 2012 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Nov 28, 2012 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 25, 2013 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
May 25, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18–19, 2013 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 2014 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 20, 2015 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 28, 2015 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 9, 2016 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Sep 16, 2016 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 10–11, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 7, 2017 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 2017 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jul 27–28, 2018 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 21, 2019 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 2019 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 11, 2019 Mercury TransitMercury Transit

Note: Click on the date link for details in Birmingham, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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